Founded Semi Serious Labs as an independent software and product studio dedicated to crafting utility-first consumer companion apps and local-first software. Here, the focus is pure craft and velocity: shipping products like PokeMichi, with local-first SQLite vector embeddings and bespoke recommendation algorithms built through AI-assisted development. It operates as a living laboratory for how high-agency teams can build and ship with zero corporate friction.

Stepped in as VP of Product to evolve the wealth-tech platform from consumer AUM into enterprise AI pipelines. Led the launch of arta.ai, establishing a recurring enterprise B2B subscription business alongside assets under management. Built and deployed multi-model evaluators and automated data verification systems that gave institutional partners confidence in AI-generated portfolios, helping steer the company to operational profitability. Managed a cross-functional team of 10, expanded AUM by 30%, and doubled product launch velocity by rewiring engineering around an AI-native development lifecycle.

Led executive product strategy across enterprise fraud mitigation, risk intelligence, and financial analytics platforms. Spearheaded the initiative to replace costly third-party vendor systems with an in-house, scalable machine learning risk platform. The homegrown engine improved fraud detection accuracy 2x, accelerated risk analyst decision workflows 10x, and contributed a direct 2% lift in annual top-line revenue—all while coaching and mentoring an internal Director to step up and succeed the VP seat.

Twelve years of high-scale product leadership spanning digital payments, habit-forming consumer software, and web platform infrastructure:

North America Payments & Wallet (2023–2024): Navigated one of Google’s most consequential portfolio rationalizations. Formulated cannibalization models and user-satisfaction metrics for senior leadership, securing executive alignment to gracefully sunset standalone US GPay in favor of Google Wallet and Autofill. Reallocated a 15-person cross-functional team to fuel core rails, accelerating transacting users by 30% across North America while porting transaction-embedding ML models directly into Google Search deals ranking.

GPay Deals & User Retention (2021–2023): Directed a 17-person cross-functional team across PM, Eng, and UX, lifting GPay’s 28-day user retention from 28% to 40% and expanding daily active users by 20% through transaction-embedding ML algorithms.

GPay India / Tez (2017–2021): Built and led the cross-functional team that scaled Google Pay India from 0 to 100 million transacting users on UPI, generating $50MM in incremental ARR through paid merchant discovery and turning digital payments into daily habit across a nation.

Chrome Media Platform (2012–2017): Managed the product team behind Chrome's web media engine, driving an 800% surge in web media consumption by deploying hardware-accelerated codecs, modern streaming APIs, and low-latency playback architecture.

Focused on living-room consumer entertainment and fulfillment economics. Launched the first-ever Amazon Prime Video application on Xbox, improving Prime customer retention by 20% and fundamentally shaping how audiences watch movies on the big screen. In parallel, doubled Amazon gaming top-line revenue through in-game digital and physical purchase rails, and piloted and scaled AmazonTote nationally to lower per-unit fulfillment costs for recurring grocery and household deliveries.

Deep-system algorithms and biomedical software engineering. Researched, patented, and deployed a 5x faster 3D mathematical algorithm for hybrid cardiac visualization, cutting clinical CT scanner turnaround times by 25% to assist clinicians during critical cardiac diagnostics.

MBA in Global Management (2010) · Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, AZ
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering (2005) · University of Kerala, India